Jacob Blackmon Blogs

The build for today is the final Protectobot: Streetwise. (Yes, I will be posting Defensor later) Please help my friend Owen and his fight with cancer . STREETWISE “ You have to know where you are before you know what to do .” Who's the black-and-white Protectobot That knows every street and parking lot? STREETWISE! Ya damn right! And who is the bot that would risk his spark For his brother bots? STREETWISE! Can you dig it? What interceptor won't back down 'Til his target's run to ground? STREETWISE! Right on! They say this cop car is a bad mother— SHUT YOUR MOUTH! I'm just talking about Streetwise! We can dig it! He's a combination bot, But no one gets to use him but Defensor*! STREETWISE! Influences Gestalt Member, Investigator, Security: Nothing escapes his notice... amazing capacity to adapt to understand his environment. Origin Champion: Streetwise assumes the alt-mode of a Nissan 300 ZX Turbo police car. Role and Focus Vanguard (City Striker): This role c...

Today's contact build is for the Protectobot leader: Hot Spot. If you enjoy this content, please help my friend Owen with their medical bills from fighting cancer . HOT SPOT " Rust never sleeps, and neither do I .” Hot Spot leads by example. Whether it's a raging battle or a raging fire, he's right in the thick of things — and that's where he's happiest. While many Autobots get into trouble by not thinking in combat, Hot Spot is a natural warrior who excels at fighting on instinct alone. His fellow Protectobots find his endless energy inspiring (though a bit exhausting), letting Hot Spot command even the most philosophically different of robots like Blades and First Aid as a tight and effective unit. He's a tough fighter to boot — strong, well-armed and well-armored. Influences Cybertronian Military (First Responder), Gestalt Member, Powerhouse: Hot Spot likes to be where the action is and in being maximally operational every moment of one’s life. Origin M...

I've been thinking about a scenario that involves the use of Ranger Vipers from GIJoe. However, looking through the various sourcebooks, Range Vipers have not yet been built as a Threat. As such, here is my Range Viper Threat Build, based on their classic toy card description and their upgraded accessories provided with their GIJoe Classified action figure. If you enjoy this content, please help support my friend Owen with his fight with cancer . Snail Nobra! Regular infantry would come back from a mission with hopes of getting hot meals and shower when they arrive at base.  Range-Vipers  are different. Their barracks is not a four-sided building with a roof, it's out there on the cold hard ground made of whatever makeshift materials they can find. Their meals are whatever edible walking or crawling critter that comes along, and their water comes from the nearest river and stream. They are only provided their uniforms and basic weapons. Whatever else they need they have to hun...

 The contact build for today is the Protectobot: Groove! This is unofficial, fan-made content using the Transformers Essence20 rpg by Renegade Games Studios. If you enjoy this content, please help provide for my friend Owen and his fight with cancer . GROOVE " War is a problem, never a solution ." Groove is a free spirit, man. A full fuel tank and an open sky above him is all this chopper needs to mellow out and enjoy whatever good vibrations the open road brings his way. One relaxed, easy-going dude, Groove is also a bit of a loner in his soul. He doesn't make a lot of attachments to others, preferring the freedom of an empty highway, but he is always sure to be there with the love when his Protectobot teammates need his help. Groove doesn't like combat or conflict in general, and is always ready to give peace a chance Influences Community Helper, Gestalt Member: The Protectobots once lived on the colony world of Archon, but as the colony slowly began to fail they s...

Continuing with the Protectobots, today's contact build is for First Aid ,  who is a stark contrast from the previous Blades build, in that he fits with the Protectobots theme, rather than railing against it. This is unofficial, fan-made content using the Transformers Essence20 rpg by Renegade Games Studios. If you enjoy this content, and you feel like sending me a Holiday Gift to show your appreciation, please help support my friend Owen with his medical bills in his fight against cancer. FIRST AID " An ounce of maintenance is worth a pound of cure ." First Aid is one of the most empathic and compassionate beings you'll ever meet. He cares deeply about all living things. Heck, he even cares deeply about the "pain" of inanimate objects. A broken or malfunctioning can-opener will earn just as much sympathy and attention as a fellow Autobot. Otherwise, First Aid is a soft-spoken and sometimes overly cautious sort (especially when it comes to the well-being of...

The new Transformers Contact Build is for the first of the Protectobots: Blades. This is unofficial, fan-made content using the Transformers Essence20 rpg by Renegade Games Studios. If you enjoy this content, please help support my friend Owen , whose medical bills continue to afflict him from his 10-year battle with cancer. BLADES " War's a dirty game - and I'm a dirty player !" Blades will never be the Autobot poster child. He's a dirty, underhanded street brawler at heart and proud of it. The fact that his alternate mode and function as air support can keep him at a distance from combat infuriates him. Blades would rather use his rotors to gut a Decepticon from antenna to tailpipe than to fly. When he fights, he wants to feel his enemies' fuel spraying across his steel skin. Blades does his job and does it darn well, but if there's a way to get his hands dirty in the process, you can bet your processor he'll find it. Influences Gestalt Member, Hunte...

This build is the first gestalt combiner Contact Build: Here is the combined form of the Aerialbots: Superion. The Autobots try not to rely on the power of their Combiners, as it places more than one Autobot in danger of severe injury in battle. Rather, whenever they are faced with the mounting power of a Decepticon combiner, the Autobot try to call on the power of the guardian Omega Supreme; who is more than willing to test their mettle against a Con combiner. Otherwise, the Autobots tend to rely on the awesome physical power of the Dinobots to fight off enemy combiners. The Aerialbots are also a  special case, as they form the bulk of the Autobot air force. So few Autobots have the ability to fly or convert into a flying vehicle. This makes the Aerialbots invaluable to the Autobot cause and to help defend the skies against the aerial superiority held by the Decepticons. Converting from five capable warriors into one giant bot makes them too big a target and helps focus the enemy ...